Lots of "Firsts!"

Good Monday Morning everyone!! I hope you are all awake and "bright-eyed and bushy tailed", as Mommie says in the mornings sometimes.  Did everyone remember to change their clocks this weekend? We did, and I am sure sleepy now! It's hard to lose an hour of sleep!  But I'm awake now, so I want to tell you all about the fun stuff I did this weekend!  

Let's start out with a funny joke.

Mommie said, "You want to hear a corny joke?"

and I said, "I'm all ears!"

Ha Ha Ha Ha!!

As you can see, I had my very first corn on the cob! I even got to help "shuck" the corn before we cooked it. That was fun! You gotta pull all that green stuff off the outside, "the corn shuck", Mommie said.  And then you have to get all the little long strands of "silk" off of the ear of corn.  I asked Mommie if that is what they make silk dresses out of, and she said no...that comes from silk worms.  

I said, "Ewwwwww", I don't think I want any silk dresses!"  Mommie said not to worry about it, because most likely I won't have any silk dresses, because she doesn't have any either.

The next part was Mommie put all those ears of corn into a big kettle of boiling water, and they boiled for about 8 minutes.  Then we took them out with long tongs, and looky at these pictures! Mommie has these cute little dishes that are shaped like an ear of corn, and you put your pat of butter in there,

 and then you put those tiny little ear of corn things on the ends of the corn cob...they have sharp little prongs that stick into the cob to hold it so you don't burn your fingers when you hold the ear of corn to butter it and eat it!

Mommie keeps these little corn holder thingies in a cup with the beautiful Indian Maiden "Mia" on the front.  Mommie said this cup is very special, because that pretty lady is no longer on the boxes of "Land O' Lakes Butter"...Mommie said she told the story about that last year HERE in case you want to read about it again.

Mommie said I kind of look like "Mia" with my long braids.  I hope I do. She's very pretty!!

Anyway, back to the corn:  THEN comes the BEST part! You EAT the corn right off the cob!!! It takes lots of strong teeth to bite into the kernels of corn and pull them off the cob, but it was SO sweet and buttery and delicious! I hope we have more sweet corn on the cob again soon!

The next "first" thing I did this weekend was I had my very first Popsickle!!  And wow! Was it ever delicious!! Remember the other day I had my first strawberries and strawberry shortcake?  Well, now I've had my first strawberry popsickle!

And now, are you ready for another joke?  The Popsickle has a little "quiz" joke on the stick.

This one says:

"Why wasn't the computer hungry?  It just had a byte."

 

Mommie had to explain that to me. She said computers use something called "bytes" to measure their power or speed or storage capacity or something like that. She said we'd have to ask a computer techy person to fully understand that part, but the joke was still funny...well, maybe it was a "corny joke" too! LOL.

While we were sitting on the porch having our popsickles, the mailman came, and guess what?  I got a package with MY NAME ON IT!!  That was really exciting!!!  See? It says below: To Lily Grace, from Tracie and Amybelle!    Tracie is my identical cousin in S. Carolina, and Amybelle is her new special friend who came to live with her because Tracie missed me so much!!  

And look what it said on the back of the package:

This package is for EASTER!!!

And looky what was inside the package:

This big cute Easter Bunny Rabbit, with a huge carrot! He is so cute!

I was trying to hide behind the bunny rabbit! Can you see me?

I was SO excited!! Mommie said that yes, Easter is coming very soon, and we are going to start decorating for Easter right after St. Patrick's Day is over this Wednesday...but first we don't want to forget to wear green on that day...don't forget...or you'll get pinched!

Easter is VERY SPECIAL, and Mommie said we will talk more about that later, because it is the 

MOST IMPORTANT DAY of the year!!! And she said it's not just about the Easter Bunny...like my Auntie  Debbi said on the package above:

"He rose from the grave!"  I asked Mommie WHO rose from the grave? And she said JESUS rose from the grave and conquered death so we can all live forever in heaven with Him!!

But she said we will tell more about that later.

Here's another FIRST:

This is an "Amaryllis" bud popping up out of the ground.

Mommie said that's kind of a part of Easter too...new life springing up from death...

And HERE's ANOTHER one!!!

and ANOTHER ONE!

and ANOTHER ONE!!

Mommie planted these Amaryllis bulbs last year in the ground, and they didn't do anything all year long, and NOW, right before EASTER, they are popping up and growing and maybe they will bloom for Easter!

And here's something else surprising!! Last year Mommie planted some of those little wild plums from that beautiful plum tree we go see when we take our walks.  She said she picked some little plums and brought them home and stuck them down in the ground here, and waited and waited.  She's waited a whole year!  And NOW LOOK! They are sprouting up with little stems and leaves, and if they grow big enough, some day they will become a Plum Tree and grow plums right here in our very own yard!!!

Mommie says this is all a part of the "Easter Story" that we are learning about.  Listen to what Jesus told His special friends (Disciples) who followed Him a few days before He died on the cross:

John 12:23-26

"23 But Jesus answered them, saying, “The hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified. 24 Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. 25 He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor."

I can't wait to hear more about the Easter Story.  

But right now I am enjoying smelling this pretty little rose that bloomed in the yard...the first one of the year!  It smells so sweet!

Well, That's my weekend full of "firsts!"  I hope you enjoyed it with me, and maybe you can tell some of  your firsts!

Bye Bye for now...It's time for breakfast!

Love,

Lily Grace

xoxoxo